[meteorite-list] Joe's meteor-wrong

Linton Rohr lintonius at earthlink.net
Mon Jan 18 19:21:12 EST 2010


Ed and list,
Joe's website refered to it as "Mendota", for the nearby town in Illinois.
I have labeled my end cut as such, and look forward to having fun with it 
during my show-and-tell sessions.
Linton

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "E.P. Grondine" <epgrondine at yahoo.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2010 2:41 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Joe's meteor-wrong


> Hi Joe,
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> I think it is time for your meteor-wrong to get another name besides Joe's 
> meteor-wrong. Following the meteorite naming conventions, what is the 
> nearest point to your "finds"?
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> I think you might have good luck with a monograph, showing the 
> "strewnfield" distribution and how and who finally determined it was a 
> meteor wrong.
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> This monograph might be very useful for dealing with those who come in to 
> labs with meteor-wrongs, showing them how even pretty well educated 
> collectors can be fooled by good looking meteor-wrongs.
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> Ed
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> PS - Kinko's will do a plastic binding at a very low cost.
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